Johannesburg memorial continues to take shape

January 22, 2010

JOHANNESBURG — It’s not too late to make a donation to the Johannesburg Veterans Memorial, but time is running short.

According to committee member Willard Brown, all remaining materials for the memorial must be ordered before the end of February to keep the monument construction on target for a July Fourth dedication.

He said the eight benches, seven of which have been sold for a donation of $2,200 apiece, and the main part of the monument have been ordered.

Brown said that paver bricks are still available for sale to help fund the memorial. The paver bricks are $150 each and also may have a three-line, 15-character per line message inscribed.

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Brown also wanted to stress that, although a veteran may be memorialized on the bricks, “anyone can buy a brick; they are not just in memory of veterans.”

The memorial is octagon-shaped and also will contain a flagpole and three veterans’ monuments fashioned out of polished black and gray granite. Two of the monuments will be inscribed with the names of veterans from the two Charlton Township cemeteries — Mount Hope and Meridian Line, and the third is a general thank you to veterans for their service and will be the in the center of the monument, Brown noted. The memorial project is slated to cost between $30,000 and $40,000.